Treat yourself to a good night's rest
Fall sound asleep with the help of soothing classical music and The Shipping Forecast.
Fall sound asleep with the help of soothing classical music from BBC Introducing artists, paired with weather reports and forecasts from Radio 4’s The Shipping Forecast and peaceful wintery field recordings.
Produced by Cat Gough
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds
To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play The Sleeping Forecast."
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Music Played
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Liam McCollum
Birdsong
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David Braid
Suspended-Extended
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The Hillside Project
The Upfloating Moon
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Dylan John Sparkes
Nuances
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Ollie Jones
Images
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Guy Jackson
Visiting Troldhaugen
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Stuart MacRae
Synapse
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Maddy Chassar-Hesketh
On Nature Sunlight streams through stained-glass windows of translucent leaves
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William Thomson
Reflections
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Josch Hügel
Morning Light
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Greg Ryan
Afterlight
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Wilfred Kimber
My Day
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Sarah Merricks-Spall
The Clocks Chime for Auld Lang Syne
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Becky Ainge
Sun in the Mist
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Ieva Dubova
Haar
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Dan Chapman
Solace
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Tamsin Elliott
Cygnus
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Christof R Davis
Until I Take My Final Breath
Broadcasts
- Mon 6 Jan 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Sat 18 Jan 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Thu 30 Jan 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Wed 16 Apr 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Sun 4 May 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Tue 15 Jul 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Thu 28 Aug 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Fri 31 Oct 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Mon 22 Dec 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
Podcast
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The Sleeping Forecast
A unique journey to dreamland, mixing instrumental music and Radio 4's Shipping Forecast.


